The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1887-04-10

i Oh, what a s'6teligbtf fully sddo work
for a pastor, as he must tell Of those
"scores, no doubt" who have been
taken in this '.stratagem.' "UNA-
WARE; UNAwARES"!!! What an
exalted opinion Bro. Long has ofthe
intelligence of those members of the
NE. Church, South, who came from
the North, and were caught tuna
wares.'' What a compliment to
them. What 'sMighty Interestin'
Readin,'" as Horace Greeley used
to say, it will be for them. Ofcourse
/ D.. Longs views and statementsw iii
| be published in all the great ''Advo-
Icatesn of the North, and the inieili-
1 gent AEeth0dtsts Of the North will
Eiearnaof this new ufhern outrage, 2
1practiced upon poof Methodist from
the North, and told in all Its vivid
colors, by a Thoroughbred son of
the Sunny South"-Rev. DR.. G. 8.
Long, D. D., P. E., &C., as he de-
monstrates HIS opinion of the Meth
odists from the North, in tlGe'n1dttc,'
Of Intelligence. Caught tSudaOdres I!
lie will teIl how ''scores, no doubt, {"
have been taken in this ststratagem, !"
and become members "UN WARES"
ofa church theylhave always regarded
with ''suspicion," not to say con-
tempt. "Mighty Interestin' Readin, !"
that! SCORES UNAwAR%s
Oh, ye Methodists from the North,
in AsheviIle, had ye never found out
how ye were caught? DIR. Long says
ye Joined UNAwAREs; that l havR
duped, and deceived you. Iconfess
did not know that Northern people
could be caught that way, but Bro.
Long says they can, and are, ''sCoREs
OF THEM" "UNAwAREs'!! That,
my brethren and sisters, is the est
mate Bro. Long places on your in
telligence. "Unawares; unawares."
will now notice some of Brother
Longs 'simplicafions and charges, con-
cerning me, and then demand his
proof, positive and point-blank.
1. He says the M. E. Church,
South, in Asheville, ''hahitually"
leaves the word "South" off in ad-
vertising Its services. Now, mark
the meaning. This is what he says
the N. E. Church, South, does-does
itself, its own public act. He does
notsay it is done for the M. E. Church,
South, but a something she does her
self, Through her pastor, of course,
as all will suppose and see(. Now, l
deny this charge, and de mand Bro.
Long to establish the truth of what
he declares. I demand the proof,
positive and direct, that the n E.
Church, South, as such, does what he
alleges, 'habitually" or otherwise.
2. He says that he is "toId' that
do not use the burdensome word
("South,' ~ in the reception of men,
bers. Now, it is evidently his in
tention to make the public believe
that I am practicing deception, by
not using the word "South" in the
reception of members, I demand that
he show cause why I should use the
"burdensome word" in the reception,
and wherein I practice deception by
not using it. He must answer.
8. He says, with regard to the
members I receive into my church !:
ALL ARE RFCEIvED INTO TRE NJ. E.
CHURCH. Now he does not say he
is informed that he believes, that
it is his opinion, that call are re-
ceived into the NJ. e. Church, bnt
he declares it as a .flct, without one
iota of qualification. This assertion
4 makes me a deeeiver, and liar, by
act, at the altar Of the church. Now,
IIdemand the proof. He has unequiv-
ocally made the assertion, and
demand the proof. He duplicates
M as receiving members into the
Methodist Episcopal church This
tchurch1, and now / just as positively
demand the proof. He declares that
the thing is actually-done-t'all are
received into the NJ. E Church," and
that it is done for purpose-that it
is an act deception, ,-'.a trap to catch
4 Northern emigrants of Methodist af-
Rnities.n He has simply stated it,
declared it, publicly published it to
the world, as a truth, and now I de-
mand that he publicly prove it.
/ A. He further publishes to the
World: "To perfect the deception,
the Southern Methodist Hymn
Book is hid GwGy, and pulpit and
4 pew furnished with Methodist Hymn
nal"
@To perfect the deception" he declares
"the Southern Methodist Hymn Book is
hid away
/ He does not publish this as hearsay,
or his information, or belief, or opinion
or impression, but he boldly tells it to
the world as truth, a fact, the thing as
he actually knows it to be; nothing
but the truth. He publishes this as q
fact, without one particle of contingen:
cy or qualification, but publishes it al
the unequiyocal truth, told to the world
by a minister of the gospel, scholar, 9
graduate of college las / understand it,
told by the Presiding Elder of the Ashe'
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